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CVE-2017-7209

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Date: March 21, 2017

The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (8)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96994

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7209

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7209

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7209

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7209

Url: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21135

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-7209

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version binutils-2_29

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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